South Derbyshire planning committee

Councillor David Geoffrey Shepherd

Member, Development Management Committee

Seen at planning committee from September 2025 to September 2026

  • 88%attendance
  • 31agreed, no vote against recorded
  • 52decisions at their meetings

As at 22 September 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of South Derbyshire’s published minutes, Councillor David Geoffrey Shepherd attended 14 of the 16 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from September 2025 to September 2026. On 31 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Shepherd is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.

Meetings attended
14 of 1688%
Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
Decisions at their meetings
52
Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
Agreed, no vote against recorded
31
Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
Declared interests
0
Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.

Voting record

The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote at these meetings, so no vote is counted for Shepherd and no voting chart is drawn.

Attendance

88%

14 of 16 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 2.

The typical member of this committee attended 93% (the median of 16 members listed at 5 or more meetings).

Every meeting

Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.

PresentApologies
20252026

Development Management Committee: 14 meetings

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Every meeting
DateCommitteeAttendance
22 Sep 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
25 Aug 2026Development Management CommitteeApologies
28 Jul 2026Development Management CommitteeApologies
30 Jun 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
2 Jun 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
5 May 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
7 Apr 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
24 Mar 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
10 Mar 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
10 Feb 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
13 Jan 2026Development Management CommitteePresent
9 Dec 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
25 Nov 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
11 Nov 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
14 Oct 2025Development Management CommitteePresent
16 Sep 2025Development Management CommitteePresent

Decisions

Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.

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In the minutes

What the minutes record Shepherd moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.

Subjects in what the minutes record

  • Spoke on trees and wildlife
    “As Local Ward Member, Councillor D Shepherd addressed the Committee noting that the Application was finely balanced due to conflict with the Local Plan, the lack of tree planting and that the two modern buildings previously approved would be incongruous with the area.”
    Minutes, 2 Jun 2026, Hall Farm, Twyford Road, Twyford, Derby

How this is worked out

Everything here is read from South Derbyshire’s published planning committee minutes, 16 meetings from September 2025 to September 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.

Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.

Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.

Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is the one they were elected for, from Democracy Club’s open election results.

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